#73B5FE#73B5FE

#73B5FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5FE
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 254)
HSL	hsl(212, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -0.60, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 42.49, 269.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0388 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.126 252)
XYZ	xyz(41.4772, 43.8449, 100.0239)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5FE #FEBC73

analogous

#73FAFE #73B5FE #7773FE

triadic

#73B5FE #FE73B5 #B5FE73

tetradic

#73B5FE #FE73FA #FEBC73 #73FE77

square

#73B5FE #FE73FA #FEBC73 #73FE77

split-complementary

#73B5FE #FE7773 #FAFE73

monochromatic

#0275F5 #3695FE #73B5FE #B0D5FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73B5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#73B5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5FE

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5FE	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85ABFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4caff',
    500: '#73b5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5fe;
$custom-light: #a4caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.511,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5FE

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5FE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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